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Subunits present in haemoglobin are:...

Subunits present in haemoglobin are:

A

2

B

3

C

4

D

5

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C
One molecule of haemoglobin has 4 groups, and each of them is capable of taking up one molecule of `O_2`, therefore, oxyhemoglobin may be depicted as `Hb(O_2)_4`.
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